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Originally Posted by Blue_Mist
Safety glasses! Have some sort of organization system for them, too. I built a temporary polycarb box from some random scrap we had lying around. Bent it with a welding torch, a wood-bending thing in the woodshop and a friend. A large, sturdy metal ruler with a few more friends also works. Distinctive, simple. It worked quite well, but now the safety glasses reside in a shelf on our Toolbox. The toolbox has castors (we put them on) and has a locking box in one of the shelves.
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In my experience, having a set place for safety glasses greatly increases the likelihood that people will seek it out and put them on. In my days on 1293, it was a bin right by the storage room door; in their new digs, it's a five-gallon bucket spray-painted orange. On 1618, it's a shoebox with SAFETY GLASSES written on it in large letters. It's a little ugly, and it's a little beat up after the run to Brunswick Eruption, but even the 2458 kids picked up on it right out of the gate.
I'm also pushing for a Safety Glasses Jar in the vein of the classic swear jar, as a punishment to students who go back into our work area without glasses on. A quarter for each time they're caught wearing forehead protectors will not only teach them right fast to get their glasses on before going into the shop area, but also help offset the cost of the team's Goldfish addiction. Two birds, one stone.
(Don't get me wrong, I'm not big on swearing...but I think protecting their eyesight is more important.)